Balkan Military History

Balkan Military History is devoted to the study of the
military history of the Balkans. It is aimed primarily
at wargamers and others with an interest in the region
and its fascinating history. BMH has been online since
1997 and this is our eleventh year of continuous
operation.

http://www.balkanhistory.com/

Warchron

If you are interested in learning more about, or
discussing, the Great War on the Eastern front,
you can join Warchron, a discussion forum
specializing in this topic.

http://www.warchron.com/forum/index.php

Russo-Japanese War Research Society

After a long hiatus the Russo-Japanese War Research Society web site will be updated with Extensive articles covering the Sino-Japanese war of 1894-1895

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Yes after a very long hiatus the Russo-Japanese War Research Society web site will be updated with an extensive series of articles covering the naval conflict during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. This series will include complete Fleet Lists as well as detailed accounts of all the naval actions that took place during the conflict including orders of battle and charts for each engagement. This series has been extensively researched and will be a great addition to the Society web site.
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The Battle of Phung-Do (Asan) July 25th 1894, 0700 hours.
The Bombardment of Wei-Hai-Wei August 10th, 1894, 0600 hours.
The Battle of the Yalu September 17th, 1894, 1243 hours.
Attack of the Flying Squadron September 17th, 1894, 1249 hours.
The Fall of Port Arthur November 21st, 1894, 0700 hours.
The Siege of Wei-Hai-Wei February 2nd – 7th 1895.
Breakout February 7th 1895, 0600 hours.

http://www.russojapanesewar.com/index.html

Wargamingnz

Inane ramblings on war gaming and other hobby stuff!!!

http://wargamingnz.blogspot.com/

A Wing And A Prayer

A Wing And A Prayer is a total conversion for the
Homeworld 2 engine, moving the action from space
combat to early twentieth century aerial battles
between a variety of fictional aircraft and airships,
ranging from scout fighters up to ironclad super
Zeppelins. Drawing on the style of games like
"Crimson Skies", and "The Hunt For The Red
Baron" and books like "Jack Black and the Ship
of Thieves" A Wing And A Prayer will thrust the
player into the gold age of flight, as the German
Imperial Airforce and the British Royal Flying
Corps decide the future of the countries far below,
and attempt to uncover why the Kaisers ultimate

aerial killing machine has mysteriously disappeared
in an Arctic storm.

http://www.moddb.com/mods/5649/a-wing-and-a-prayer

Steam Noir The Creations of William Wardrop

The Amiral DuPerre is the result of the French acquiring the technology of
the Albatross featured in Jules Vernes "Robur the Conqueror".

http://www.freewebs.com/steamnoir/index.htm

Abney Park - Airship Pirate

I think I've found our theme song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPH1OoTobtk

Steampunk City Music

steampunk city

Charming place with a very lively atmosphere

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYj5ramRRYQ&feature=related

steampunk city 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuFvEV34fA0&feature=related

Industrial Steampunk Animation

Another cheery world view with some interesting airships.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3xClKcJjA0&feature=related

Bedouin Attack On Syrian Railway

The railway was attacked between Dara and Busra ash Sham,

Syria by Bedouin raiders. Turkish cavalry from both the Dara

and Adu Kamal garrisons were sent to intercept the raiders

without success. All that was found at the scene of the attack

were bullet casings of French manufacture.....

Trouble In Mesopotamia

Kurds in the north with Russian made arms attacked a

Turkish garrison in Mosul. The attack was driven off with

low casualties to the Turkish forces. The Kurdish losses

were as high as forty percent. A cavalry brigade was sent

to reinforce the Mosul garrison. The Sultans' government

has announced that it will mobilize four reserve divisions

and will be sending two into this area. It is hoped that this

surge in Ottoman troop strength will stabilize the situation

in Mesopotamia.


The Sultans' government has sent a letter of protest to

St Petersburg over this incident. The Tzars' government

has denied any knowledge of this attack and further
categorically denies providing weapons to the Kurds.

Crisis in the Balkans - A Great War Spearhead Photo Report

The following photo report is from a fictional encounter wargame between Turks and Allied forces using the Great War Spearhead rules system set within the Great War in the Balkans. The game was played in November 2004 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Figures are 20mm plastics and are mostly from the collection of Robin Sutton.

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mcnelly/gwsh/gwsh_game1.htm

The Great Adventure

World War One was a period of momentous change:

changes in tactics driven by startling changes in technology.

Many of these changes were clearly signaled in the

Russo-Japanese War (and even as far back as the American

Civil war), yet European armies chose to ignore these

portents of change. Early attempts to break the western

front stalemate saw exciting strategic initiates such as the

Dardanelles landings, now seen as a monumental failing of

western arms and a great victory for Turkish arms. As a

result the strategic innovation represented by this campaign

is often ignored, even though Sir Basil Liddell-Hart would

have been proud of its strategic intent.

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/rsutton/

For Dad: Some Big Guns

Three Cities Commemorate Attack

Attack on Hamburg Germany March 23
Attack on Norwich England March 23
Attack on Lancaster South Carolina March 23

Update On Frederick IV Class Land Dreadnought

As reported eariler the Prussians are constructing a huge
heavily armed land iron clad at their workshop in Dioscuria.
Over the last several weeks large containers have been seen
being delivered to the Prussian holdings in Dioscuria from
Germany. These shipments although done with the greatest
of security, some of the markings on the containers have been
seen to be from the KRUPP manufactures in Essen, Germany.

Other containers were obviously of massive steam engine parts,

along with large amounts of sheet steel.

*Please note that as one of the competition rules is not to

post photos, I will hold back until the end of the 80 days.

The Frederick IV Class Land Dreadnought is a unique design

with a Tripod killing 150mm forward firing gun, two turret mounted

77mm guns and two sponson mounted 77mm guns, two quick

firing 45mm guns, and 3 Maxim machine guns. The design has

two steam boilers and two tracked drive trains The final stages

of construction are nearly completed.

HomespunMagixx - Tzar Tank

In the history of armored fighting vehicles, probably the strangest would have to be The Russian Lebedenko or Tzar Tank. Developed in the earliest days of tank development, it was not alone amongst many other strange designs.

Conceived by the engineer N. Lebedenko in 1914 who at that time was employed by a private firm working for the Russian War Dept., the tank was essentially an enlarged gun carriage. Working with N. Zhukovskiy and his nephews, B. Stechkin and A. Mikulin, they designed a motorized battle machine weighing approx. 40 tons with 2 large spoked wheels in the front about 9 meters in diameter tapering in the back to a much smaller double wheel used for steering. Between, the hull of the tank hung from the front wheels supported on a pair of tuning-fork like arms. The large front wheels, it was hoped, would give the tank the ability to cross practically any obstacle. They initially called the vehicle Nepotir, but it came to be known as the Lebedenko, after the designer. (Sometimes it was nicknamed "The Tzar", after the financier.)

http://www.homespunmagixx.com/TzarTank/tzar.html

Fat Wally's Patrols In The Sudan

Great page! Lovely painting, House Rules, links and much more!

http://www.fat-wally.com/PITS.html

His main page, check it out!

http://www.fat-wally.com/index.html

Great Rail Wars

Rules for miniature war gaming in the Deadlands:
The Weird West universe.

Take a look at a few games being run by our good
buddy Geo Gibson.

http://bellsouthpwp2.net/t/e/techromancer/railwar.htm

Our First Anniversary

Congratulations gentlemen we've reached

our first anniversary! We've also had over

6,400 visitors and 356 posts.Not bad for

a year's work, my thanks one and all!

The Winans Steam Gun

Mythbuster's "Confederate Steam Gun"
Episode Premiering December 5, 2007
Features Winans Steam Gun

www.2ndmdinfantryus.org/winans.html